The Hansel Tookes gym basketball court was rearranged to accommodate a different kind of healthy scene on Tuesday. Dozens of students, faculty, staff and alumni converged on the recreation center to get their blood pressure, diabetes, hearing and vision checked at the Third Annual Health and Safety Day. “The […]
Author: Kristin Broner
Tuition Hike May Mean Better Quality
With Florida A & M’s tuition gradually catching up to the national average, some students are left baffled about the 15 percent increase. According to the College Board, a non-profit organization that promotes excellence and equity in education, the national average of in-state tuition and fees at public four-year institutions […]
SGA Wants Discrimination Policy Changed
Protection for Florida A&M’s LGBT students may happen sooner than anticipated. On Sept. 28, The Famuan published a story about a transgendered TCC student who claimed she was discriminated against by FACES Modeling Troupe based on her sexual identity. At Monday’s weekly Senate meeting, Student Body President Breyon Love, announced […]
City Celebrates Minorities
This week, the city of Tallahassee will celebrate the 19th annual Big Bend Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week from Oct. 2-7. The week was first designated by President Ronald Reagan in 1983 and has been observed every year since. It allows local and regional small/minority-owned businesses to celebrate the positive […]
Unstable Branch Seeks Credibility
Stability and organization are the mantras for the Student Government Association’s Judicial Branch. After years of small numbers and cases in the open Supreme and Traffic Courts, Student Body President Breyon Love said he wants to see this year’s Chief Justice appointee Chris Weaver help the lackluster branch return to […]
FAMU Student Lands White House Internship
Florida A&M student Nancy Metayer will be spending this semester working at the White House. Metayer is one of more than 50 college students who landed coveted internships in the nation’s capital. The White House Office of Communications Tuesday announced this semester’s interns, praising them as “future leaders” gaining valuable training through […]
Talent and Comedy Collide
Comedian Lavell Crawford had an overflow crowd rolling in stitches Monday during the opening night of homecoming week. Florida A&M annual homecoming comedy and talent showcase here at the Alfred Lawson Jr. Multipurpose Center and Teaching Gymnasium. Students, faculty, and alumni gathered to celebrate FAMU homecoming week. The event theme […]
Don’t Shoot the Messenger
It’s one of the first lessons we learn on the playground in kindergarten: tell the teacher you were pushed off the monkey bars face-first into a pile of dirt and you’re a “snitch.” In childhood, it may not be a lesson we completely understand, but the concept is there. Like […]
Education doesn’t require excess spending
Glitz and glamour have always been a main composite of Florida A&M’s Homecoming. Students will often spend their last in hopes of making a statement for the annual extravaganza. In a world where college homelessness is at its peak and campus bookstore sales are low, this is a problem. With […]
Fresh Produce Spreads
The sun is setting as Jennifer Taylor leaves her Killearn Growers Market on Friday in preparation for a two-hour drive to Jacksonville, then a 10-hour flight to Brazil. She loads her Lincoln Town Car with three pieces of luggage and rushes to Florida A&M to pick up two students who […]